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4th Grade
11/09/2012

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PHYSICAL CHANGE
Definition
a change in the size, shape, or state of matter that does NOT change the particles that make up the matter
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BOILING POINT
Definition
the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas
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MAGNETIC POLES
Definition
the ends of a magnet
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MAGNETISM
Definition
a force that acts on moving electric charges and magnetic materials
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PROPERTY
Definition
a characteristic of an object
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DENSITY
Definition
the property of matter that compares an object's mass to its volume
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MASS
Definition
the amount of matter in an object
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CHEMICAL CHANGE
Definition
a change that produces a completely different kind of matter
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VOLUME
Definition
the amount of space that matter takes up
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MATTER
Definition
anything that has mass and takes up space
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GRAVITY
Definition
a force that attracts objects to the center of the Earth
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MAGNETIC FIELD
Definition
space around a magnet in which magnetic forces operate
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WEIGHT
Definition
the pull of gravity
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